first name
MARCELLA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 32,506 people named Marcella, 61.6% reported their origin as White, 19.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 12.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marcella peaked in 1922, when 1,542 babies got the name.
At least 65,836 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Marcella by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #297. The largest share of babies named Marcella, 31.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Marcella is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marcella has been most common in New Mexico (3.3×), North Dakota (3.3×), and South Dakota (3.2×), and least common in Utah (0.09×).
58,003 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Marcella
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marcella, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marcella ranks #23,402 of 156,621, with 1,120 people. See Marcella as a last name
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